Over the "Big Top" : KVHD Protecting another CEO

Sometimes I feel like I'm standing in the middle of a firehouse yelling "Theatre." --- Me

ACT ONE: THE CEO SEVERANCE PACKAGE

NOvember Kern ValleY Healthcare District Board Meeting

"A Question of Quorum..."

BACKGROUND: CEO Tim McGlew, three years at the helm of KVHD, member if the California Hospital Association, and he forgot to wear his protection: SEVERANCE PACKAGE.

McGlew, simply stated he wanted to ensure his needs were protected, these three years later, and a new mixture in the hospital batter box, would prove to make him more vulnerable to such things as truth or scrutiny, as there was a comfort in his former quorum on the board of directors.

Not that he is fired, but in case of Fire, he has some of his $250K salary, for at least a year, until he finds new employment.

Never an emotional speaker, McGlew, showed tears welled in his eyes, as the CEO with the three years of raises to a higher than average hospital salary, was defended by his Amigos, now Former Chairwoman of the board, Victoria Alwin, Former radio Board Blowhard, Bob Jamison, and Re-elected Doctor Gross, along with David Derr, Advocated for the security of the administrator's salary.


McGlew Shown above, asking for a full year salary, The CEO was visibly shaken as the board discussed his "package?" lol

 David Derr, returning to the melee after his election in 2010, pitched a six month package for McGlew, allowing for some room to reduce the actual costs to the hospital both in dollars, and sense or sense-ability considering the financial climate.

But even that crumb was trampled upon as the dollars have Donoughts and sugar is their candy, so was this offer passed on, and the 12 month dealing began.

Dr. Robert Gross, DO, looks on as his days of Wine and Rosey future stocks in this market of mayhem, could be altered before the year begins.

My question, and will find answers, is exactly, I"VE ASKED nicely and DIRECTLY, what are all his Financial Dealings with KVHD?

He has the SNF, the Acute, ER? Surgery, his PA, Sienna Wellness, and was directing the Rural Health Clinic at one point. Why is there DIRECT answer to this lingering question of how much has he invested?

Gross told the audience that this Healthcare is a "business" but what about this business of his board and breakfast at KVHD? Inquiring minds know there's more to this soup than just the brothel.

 Former Chairwoman, Victoria Alwin, leaves a legacy of "Time Keeping" or the three minute timer, shutting off comments, faucets flowing with facts the board and administrators had been previously able to deflect with her shelter.

She gave her last gift to the CEO, beginning the discussion of a severance package, justifying it's "timely" nature as nothing. A typical plan, nothing to get the community alarmed about. Politics? Oh no, hush, you naysayers. lol

 Cal Mtg. our friends, our bonded by debt and misfortune, keepers of the money pit called KVHD, were invoked into the matter.

Even when CFO, Chester N. Beedle, record keeper for the Debt ridden hospital, claims there are monies accounted for, books are balanced, there is DISREGARD for the real owners of KVHD: THE 24 year old bond debt serviced by Cal Mtg.

Beedle and McGlew, are beholding to the holders of this mortgaged morgue of humanity, and the name slid into the paperwork.

McGlew would get no pay if there were severance from Cal Mtg. and they could have, should have, severed a long time ago with KVHD, as there were passed along a license to steal the hope of a better day for the Kern Valley residents.

They let the reins of terror descend on this valley, by not watching, not alerting, not even stirring until the coffee has boiled over.

NO GOB. No bail out with community tax monies in the general obligation arena. The trust has gone bust.

No money from the community to pay a debt that should be to society as a whole for allowing this meltdown to continue, Chair Noble, or electric, I say.

Next week on the Mayan calendar, the Illusive KVHD monthly board meeting, Wed. Dec. 5th, at 5:30 PM in the Cafeteria at the hospital in Mt. Mesa. 

Newly elected board member, Tom Wright, and former and "renewed" memeber Barbara Casas, join the board mix upcoming as the climate change continues..............

Representing the Truth and Compassion, Underserved community....

Well, It's that time again, it's time to talk truth and no more "polite talk."

I'm sure there are those unwilling to abide the TRUTh, and they are certainly enjoying a Renaissance of deception, but there is no other cause I prefer, no other reason to do any of this, as this is my banner.

With that said, we enter the NEW AGE of KVHD and politically prompted policy makers and law enforcement "reinforcement" as there was a slide to the side of "JUST US" and no justice, as Defendants in the KVHD elder abuse case, have walked away with little more than slaps on the wrist.

Okay, now it's my turn. 

Today, August 22, 2012, Pamela Ott, former KVHD CEO, has her hearing in the Kern County Superior Court today, awaiting a plea deal. Ott is expected to get the same treatment as former co-worker, Dr. Hoshang Pormir, was let loose of elder abuse charges and plead "out" to conspiracy charges, leaving him with a 3 year probation sentence.

Ott, who was treated as a martyr by KVHD board members, after her resignation in 2007, even to the degree that she was taken onto the local radio station, and given a defense venue by Bob Jamison, disc jokey, and board member, to defend her actions.

Jamison who has repeatedly used his radio vocation to mix with his hospital side job as board member, and none of it has been uncontroversial.

Ott's status will be updated as I find out what exactly has happened, to fail all of us. Ott has credentials that should actually be a "cautionary tale" to those in human resources, the justice department or anywhere else there would be an expected degree transparency.

Ott has gotten a few helping hands as she has managed to be chased around, from the Kern River Valley to Sierra Kings in Reedley, as she is suspected of many violations against these districts. However, the likelyhood that these will ever be reckoned by those in the "HEALTHCARE WELFARE" industry which feeds architects, lawyers, bond salesmen, immoral activity of the ugliest kind, is remote.

BUT, I won't stop. And we will revisit some of Ott's top ten crimes, as that's all I have to time for. LOL

Fresno county DA office, refused to take a report or to discuss implications stemming from the Sierra Kings District hospital bankruptcy where some amount of merit was given to reports there was THEFT of FUNDs from the local GOB and even loss of EMPLOYEE pension funds. Ott worked with Barbara Jennings, who were both "let loose" by the Sierra Kings Board of directors, shortly before the financial crisis hit rock bottom.

My interference apparently was not well received, as I have created an awful atmosphere of INsisting upon this idle, uncomfortable idea of Truth. Nasty stuff I guess.

The WEINER IS...

Elder abuse, is reprehensible, but using elder abuse to get elected GOVERnor, Mr. Brown, is DISGUStING. And that is exactly what Governor Jerry Brown did to this community. In 2010 he used the Kern River Valley, the Attorney General's office and reputation, to Launch himself to the Capitol and begin his AUsterity wars, I'll call them.

In this process, he used much media attraction and attention, weighing in about the KVHD elder abuse case, calling it the "worst he had seen."

Also, using HOLLYwood or Weird to project his "lawfulness" to the crowd of voters back in 2009 and 2010, as he said repeatedly, he was NOT running, and that all the fanfare was about his justice seeking missiles, which have missed our hospital and valley, and are on their way back to the governor's mansion as I write...lol

Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith, got Personal Visits from the AG, and well, we got a lot of hot air, as we are simply a town of backward simpletons without a grain of sense, and a notorious need to trust the wrong people and giving credit where it was NOT due.

So, on the list of TO DO is my new austerity measure: NO MORE POLITE Chit CHat, just hard hitting words and truth. Indeed,

"Kabala" Harris where is the magic? 

Another political figure who has been subtracted from our equation has been the new and current Attorney General, Kamala Harris, who rode into her role on the Coat tails of Jerry Brown.

Harris used rhetoric such as "you don't have to lose your principles to serve in government" as a platform to take the helm from Brown as the former prosecutor, was voted in to the office alongside her "mentor" Jerry in 2010.

She has been MUTE, unseen, a force of NOTHING, a existential AG, who was JUST there and not justice as we have sought remedies to the problems that occurred at KVHD and Sierra Kings.

Why should she move into any position after her foray as a political figure HIDING from a fight which would keep her a viable volleyball in the political FUTURE where she would likely be used as a candidate, Manchurian, LOL, for the DEMOCRATIC party? And the less she says, the less she has to explain come election time. And as a black woman, prosecutor, a light skinned African American, HOLY CASH COW, she meets all the "demo" requirements to exceed and surpass demographics which even cross party  lines.

She's meant to be the virgin as she creates a RESUME of political office.

Not fooling us all though.

Timmy's toy box...

The CEO of KVHD, TIm Mcglew, is expected to recieved another raise in two weeks, as the administrator has been held accountable as the number one paid CEO at the smallest hospital in Kern County.

How a hospital so financially distressed, calling it's community to BAIL THEM out of bad decisions which have left them in debt, understaffed, and under suspicion of at the least being EVASIVE, would be justifying the expense of paying more than 200K in good money for a Suit and tie type of administrator is questionable.

Some response will be requested as this has happened again, another year, another raise, and another round of ring around the payroll.

GO SEE CAL, GO SEE CAL...

My goal is to make our DEBTOR, Cal Mtg. in the office of Statewide Healthcare Planning and Development, OSHPD, a HOUSEHOLD name in the healthcare financial industry, as the debt suffered by the hospital was created by these lenders back in 1988. It was a small hospital, in need of expansion, worth less than one million, but receiving a Bond endenture of 22 million.

NO Collateral, no problem CAl Mtg. said in 1988, as they dropped off a bag of money, spent on construction which lend itself to only completely HALF the glass, and not half full either.

THE skilled nursing facility was to be created as 140 bed project, coming in with 70 beds, at the end, and no accounting of WHERE did the money go?

Board members, Cal Mtg. operatives, have denied and been evasive, as to the disposition of all those monies, and they have had the hubris to believe that we as a community, will pay this off and indebt ourselves into 30 years of increased property taxes. (Yeah, right)

So far, this community has held strong to not being taxed, but that tune of VOLUNTARY taxation without representation has been challenged to the north, as Governor Jerry Brown has added money to our property taxes for fire fighting, but he avoids calling it a tax, or allowing any VOTE by the public in opposition.

This involuntary taxation is going to be a problem, as the Governor, has created an environment of usurping civil and public rights. 

So when the hospital decides it can no longer remain in business taking small handouts instead of the big money, we may see something of a THREAT to tax.

Cal Mtg. has held the position that KVHD can NOT bankrupt on this bond debt, and recently made a new LOAN to keep them up on their payments of the original sin, and putting this off on another generation which will inherit the on going debt.

Why can't KVHD bankrupt? Why can't we have a lower priced CEO? Why do we need  a CFO? And why are the financial records so difficult and so confusing that board members regularly request CFO CheT Beedle explain the "facts" to them.

Ask the board,  how KVHD is doing financially, and you may just have A Kern Valley Sun article about them being in the "black." But how would a public healthcare district explain that they are in the black EXCEPT for the debt part. Again, low regard for the community, so low that they are willing to take advantage of the trusting nature, offering indefensible explanations, and does not appreciate when local figures find problems with their financial crunching.

One woman who found a 75K error on the books was taunted, derided, hung up by phone, and disrespected in every manner.

Bored or Board?

This year there are THREE count them, three board seats up for grabs, as Dr. Robert Gross, Victoria Alwin, and Bob Jamison are up for re-election. Jamison is the only candidate heading for pasture, but in his wake, new QAB radio owner, Charlie Busch, reaches out to voters to continue the intimacy between radio and healthcare by entering the race. Busch, being seen at his very first board meeting last month, will be the only candidate not well known to local voters.

Gross, who has many irons in the KVHD fire, and Alwin who has served as Timekeeper and board leader for a few years, are back at it, running again. Gross, owner of Sienna Wellness, a former DIRECTOR of Rural Health this past year, contracted as SNF Medical provider, seen in the acute care and ER, and now again, running for the board.

Barbara Casas, a board member of former repute, will join the race too, aside John Blythe and Tom Wright, both familiar names and often opposing opinions to the status quo.

There will be a page dedicated to the election on KVHD Under FIRe, as we look at the potential changes that a new board may bring. And I believe the candidates deserve a chance to say what they will without my interference and snarky comments, so that will as usual be provided.

But snarky comments are born out of frustration with polite, accommodating, behaviors easily mistaken as KINDNESS and fairplay, and I would NOT want that to be the case. lol

Finally, this is a mess. This is a discomfort, disservice, a nightmare for many people and a nasty reminder that money does grow in public healthcare districts, and it breeds contempt for those they should only be interested in SERVING.

I'm gearing up to GETTING 'er DONE, so let's get started.

New video on YOUTUBE, KVHD under FIRE, and a trip NORTH will be on the menu in the next few weeks.

Laura Hart  

Measure M for malfeasance: attention Jerry Brown and Jean Fuller

Ma’s gang
Follow the money...Measure M

There were many of us pushing Measure M, the ill conceived general obligation bond, hurriedly thrown together, unworkable architectural drawings, and certainly no true “sharpen your pencil” estimate.

They say when investigating, follow the money, (It’s even a favorite of Jock strap, Bob Jamison) well I can certainly cite some fringe benefits to acquiring “free” paid for by the community, monies. Like CFO, Chet Beedle, said, they could’ve taken depreciation on the new construction to help pay the huge tab when the original, 1986, board and administration drunkenly fell into the arms of Cal Mtg. and their pile of accessible money.

And I’m sure there would be some interest involved. Maybe they could not use the monies for administrative costs, but there is more leeway than you think.
With a 17 million dollar outstanding debt, the administrators and three board members set about with drooling hunger to obtain this 12.5 million dollar bond.
Reminding you (sorry if I’m redundant, but there’s a lot of information) this is exactly at the time the skilled nursing facility was left alone with a new director of nursing and a short staff which we are all aware lead to criminal and civil charges being filed against the district. Along with astronomical costs to the district in penalties and the use of management companies.
But the skilled nursing facility was hardly a priority, even though without it, the hospital would disappear. The main objective in the summer of 06’ was getting bond money.

We became the Measure M gang, and Ma was our leader. We apparently would stop at nothing to obtain these dollars.

Our gang consisted of Ma (top dog), the numbers guy, the spy, the lapdog, media attack, the henchman, the buffer, the firing squad, the idiot, and me, the unwitting reporter with a very low IQ.

I was very much involved in the strategic plots to sell the community the bogus bond, and the scapegoats, Robert and Kay Knight.

In fact, I played one side against the other. I recommended that Bob Knight vote to put Measure M on the ballot. I knew a bit about political maneuvers, so I thought the best way to win the bond money was to have a unanimous vote.

Knight kept telling me that the construction plan was not complete so how could they know how much money they needed. (It’s always sensible in retrospect.)
He also would mention the relationship between Rural Health Design Network and Aspen Street Architects.
I really, really had to work it to convince him to vote with the rest of the board. I told him it’s an opportunity for construction, more services, satisfy seismic SB 1953, bring in new doctors, and I believed every word I was saying.
I was just a parrot of all our ancillary friends who Ma sent me to for information and quotes.

Knight recounted that there were no plans or estimates he had seen. He said there were no estimates from other companies. He said that there was no fair comparison between spending less and retrofitting and remodeling, opposed to a new building.
Looking back, of course, with the first disaster with the construction putting the hospital completely out of line and incapable of paying back those 22 million in bonds, one would naturally want to step forward carefully and cautiously.
Knight said he would agree to do this if he saw some drawings and estimates. I quickly researched through our friends at Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, the benefits of a new building as opposed to remodeling. Then I spoke to our architects who won the votes of three of the board members, and they sang the praises of componentized construction.
I went back to Knight with my information and told him to think about the vote. I told him that he would be working with the hospital and not be the bad guy anymore.
I know Mr. Knight voted against his conscience at the August 2006 board meeting, when he sided with the rest of the board to go for Measure M. I could see the hesitation and conflict in his eyes that night.

Eventually Ma admitted to the fact that there was not enough money to do what they wanted to do, what they stated on the ballot they would do with our property tax money. That was after the defeat of the measure and before they began talking about another bond measure. I have her quoted.

So, I wrote a blockbuster article to send off the Measure that you really couldn’t measure in terms of money, type of construction, or feasibility.
That week the newspaper read:

Unanimous Vote for Measure M
The night was right for Kern Valley Health Care
District board member, Robert Knight, as he motioned the board to approve the
general obligation bond measure to be put on the Nov. ballot at last Thursday’s
board meeting.
Knight, who has at times in the past been critical of the
hospital administration, read a small statement pledging his support for the
venture and his intent to unite board members in their quest to complete the
undertaking.
“I have also determined that if I support this bond issue, I then have an obligation to the residents of the district to assure that their tax dollars are spent in their best interest.”

Funny, though, I never told Ma and gang about my plan; it was a surprise.

They always told me that the Knights were subversive and wouldn’t play ball with the rest of the board. They were a negative.
I thought everyone would be happy that I got him to do this and hopefully win the bond measure. And maybe even work together with the board.

I don’t think they liked it too much. Ma asked me why I would be talking to “those” people anyway.

And the henchman and media attack were flat out mad at me about it. Media attack questioned me about it saying that they didn't need Knights vote anyway.

I had made the Knights look good and that was bad. The gang needed to continue the charade with the Knights and I had unwittingly brought them toward the core of the gang where the truth was carefully stored away.
But our gang, who had control of the board and administration, set out to defeat reason by creating a smokescreen.
Politicians were used and endorsed with their good names the flaky general obligation bond, including Assemblywoman Fuller.

Upon hearing of the board’s decision, Jean Fuller, former Superintendent of Bakersfield City Schools and Republican nominee for the 32nd district, State Assembly seat, being vacated by Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy, said she realizes how important the hospital is to the valley.
Fuller, who was born and raised in Bakersfield, and has property in the valley, said she has been coming to the KRV since she was a child with her family. Her parents, along with other relatives, retired to the area years ago. And she said because of their health problems, the only way they were able to stay in the KRV was because there were health services available. “Without that hospital they couldn’t have lived there.”
From her own experience, Fuller believes the hospital is critical to the community and the economy of the area. Without it, without any emergency services, it could create a hazardous situation for residents and those who visit to recreate.
“I just know without the hospital, it’s so isolated,
without the hospital, people would have to drive down the canyon and they could be dead by the time they get there.”
Fuller said she will be supporting the hospital in all its efforts to obtain the funding necessary to meet state requirements and improve the facility itself. “The KV Hospital provides critical care services for its area and residents, and most of the population depends on it. So, I believe this is an important bond to support.”

Mrs. Fuller was just one of many who were used for this ill planned bond.

The South Fork Woman’s club received a visit from Ma and myself and asked the organization to back the bond. These women were not easily convinced, in fact, they were a tough crowd. They looked in their book of rules and regulations before they would even consider putting their club name behind this measure.
Ma gave an impassioned speech at the club meeting looking out over some very stern poker faces in the audience. I found my dancing shoes and did a tap dance that Sammy Davis Jr. would have been hard put to follow.
We got our endorsement. (I'm so proud I could hide in a cave)

But what came next caused instant cup of soup paranoia: Kay Knight was running for the board. She was on the ballot which would mean if she won, the power structure could be possibly broken apart? The worry, Ma told me, was not that Kay would win, but that the Knights are trying to stack the board.
What?
-----Original Message-----

From: Laura Hart [mailto:muymala@msn.com]

Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 2:04 PM

To: pamelaott@KVHD.ORG

Subject: election time

Pam: so, I just heard that Kay Knight is running for a seat on the board. Wow. I got the number of the other fellow who is running and I'm going to give him a call. Thanks, Laura

Laura,
Yep, you can bet that the intent is to have another BK (Bob Knight) backer in office, BK has told me many times that he needs another board member who "thinks like him". He has also told me that I should get a job in the probation department because my tenure is overdue. I checked with legal council and he sees no reason why a husband and wife can't both be on a board (as my ol' daddy used to say.........bad deal, real bad deal.)Brad is calling Dave Freeland to beg him to consider running. He is a bright, well known fellow (ran the Forestry for 35 years and recently retired). Let us pray! Friends of the hospital not yet up and running, but after tinight we will put the Masaratti in 5th and be off & running!
>From: "Ott, Pamela" ">pamelaott@KVHD.ORG>

To: 'Laura Hart' ">muymala@msn.com>

Subject: RE: Laura Hart update>Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:03:06 -0700>>

Well, here we are another day and clean undies. I did some snooping and Roger Wilson is the fellow who was at the last meeting with the big glassesand gray hair. He is the husband of one of our Respiratory Therapists who works with Bob Knight's last employee/friend, Tom Wright who is the manager of Respiratory Therapy.

Like a good dog I ran everywhere trying to pick up the scent of the board stackers who wished to take power.
This lead to Ma asking “the buffer” who had been on the board for a long time and still is, to run again to ensure that there would not be a second Knight or even a Knight supporter on the board. There were two board seats open, one was Armstrong, and the other was JoAnn Jones who stepped down from the board for a position in the hospital. This was dangerous because two seats would mean the end to the sticky three.

It seems “the buffer” wanted to leave, and several community members who believed in Ma’s propaganda, were considered to be put on the ballot.

Though they had the quorum with the board, Ma said it would too risky if Knight won. The henchman's kin was a candidate as well to make sure there were no errors.

Upon my foray into the hospital to speak to the employees, I found that most of them were against the measure. I couldn’t understand that. Why wouldn’t they want the hospital to be improved? It made no sense. (Now it makes complete sense)

Most employees were too freaked to even speak to me. One even told me I was an idiot and walked away. (I thank him for seeing me for what I am.)
But then I met up with an employee who straight up told me he didn’t believe in the management. And he did not think they would properly spend this money, that the plans were no good, that employees were underpaid; he simply didn’t trust them. He was and is Tom Wright mentioned in the email above.

When I left his office after the conversation one of gang was outside the door, possibly listening, “the spy.” She would somehow be wherever I was at the hospital. No kidding this is funny really. I would chit chat with someone and suddenly see her standing and watching.

I told Ma her problems with votes are inside the hospital. And I told her about the outspoken employee. Ma arranged a meeting to divulge the secret agenda of this employee.

The gang was going to stamp out this employee and all others who flared up.
I told Ma we should have a meeting including the employees in question before I write the story. I figured if everyone was together there would be some truth told.
The numbers guy may have had some notion that this meeting could come back on them, (and he’s probably correct) so he bocked at the first invite.
But he attended. The only invitee who didn’t attend, was a do-gooder doctor, who escaped this trap, but was shot down in flight in the end.
email Nov.28,2006
I would be happy to be a part of a meeting with administration and Dr. Pormir. I do not consider it appropriate to be a part of a group meeting facilitated by a newspaper reporter that deals with discussion regarding employees salaries when those employees are present. I believe this to be an administrative and Board function that has already been dealt with by the Personnel & Policy Committee of the Board. Therefore, I must respectfully decline to be a part of this group meeting. Nevertheless, I would be glad to express my views on any related matters to the press individually. I will make myself available anytime Wednesday for this individual or administrative only discussion.

Thank you for the invitation
(Later that day….)
I regret that you have employees going to you with wage concerns. There exists a mechanism in established policy and procedure for employees who have grievances of any sort to take first to their manager, then to administration if not resolved and finally to the Board of Directors. This is the chain of command in every hospital with which I have worked for over 35 years. Employees who don't get their way because management and the Board have made the best decisions for the organization will try to "grasp at any straw" that they can in an attempt to circumvent the system. No matter what the "threats" are, if management or the Board give in to the meteoric and allow this circumvention, in my opinion, the organization is doomed and will undoubtedly return to the days of its existence when it teetered on the brink of bankruptcy.

Let me assure you that the salary administration plan and the current management of the Healthcare District is appropriate. As the insurer for our revenue bonds, the Cal-Mortgage division of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development gets a copy of our financials and board packet each month. They have been and continue to be very complimentary. As a matter of fact, there is a clause in the paperwork of the last bond refinancing from 2003 that speaks to the need for the District to get their approval before changing the individuals in senior management.

If the District is to remain successful, we must rely on the management and the Board to make the right decisions for the organization. Those decisions should not be circumvented in any manner by outside organizations. The community has the right and I believe the obligation to elect Board members whom they believe will best represent their interests. Thank goodness that is what our free enterprise system is all about. Should that elected board as a body believe that there should be a management change, then and only then should that take place. The systems are there for all of us . We all need to use them as established and as intended. (okay)

Just let me know when you would like to speak with me, I will gladly and willingly make myself available to you individually or with the administrative team including Dr. Pormir. I would also like to express my personal appreciation for your efforts and know that you are trying to give the community the best facts that you can. I also appreciate your support of our efforts as the management to do the best we can for the organization.

Have a great day!

We had our meeting, which turned out very interesting. There was a lot of sharing about two employees. And many offers of quotes which turned out to be totally incorrect. That taped meeting will be coming soon. The numbers guy made sure I had the correct figures for my article.

What I said was that Tom received double digit salary rate increases while most of the other employees' salaries were frozen. All of these salary increases were granted by Bob Knight. The actual history is al follows:
1) 9/28/97 - Annual increase of xx%.
2) 12/1/97 - Special salary adjustment based upon survey of comparable positions - Increase of xxxx%.
3) 7/1/98 - Special salary adjustment for increased responsibility for Durable Medical Equipment - Increase of xxx%.
4) 9/27/98 - Annual increase of xx%.

I am sending copies of the Personnel Action Forms signed by Bob Knight for these increases to Pam as per her request. I think this tells the story.

(I think it does too.)

But there's more to tell...We're not done yet.